Punch Mania: Hokuto No Ken
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Description
A boxing game based on Hokuto no Ken (also known as "Fist of the North Star"), a popular manga/anime series by Bronson and Tetsuo Hara.
Punch Mania: Hokuto No Ken was produced by Konami in 2000.
Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Konami during the time period Punch Mania: Hokuto No Ken was produced include: Beatmania Complete Mix, Racing Jam Chapter 2, Dance Freaks, Thrill Drive, Silent Scope, Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style, Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style, Beatmania IIDX 4th Style, Beatmania IIDX Substream, and Beatmania III
Specs
| Name | Punch Mania: Hokuto No Ken |
|---|---|
| Developer | Konami (Japan) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9154 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Fighting |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 1 |
| Game Play | Single |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Game Introduction
A first-person boxing game based on the anime series. You must fight agaisnt villains from the series such as Zeed and Souther.
Game Play
The punching pads are located around the monitor on the inside edge of the arcade cabinet space. The pads pop forward at you from a reclining position against the inside of the cabinet, and once they fully extend in front of you, you must immediately punch them back or your character suffers damage. You can tell exactly when to hit the pads by watching really carefully for the moment they light right before you have to hit them. By hitting lots of pads in succession, your power meter increases. When your meter is full, you can pull off a super move that is taken from the Hokuto no Ken manga/anime. These super moves are quite comical as they usually require you to punch the pads like a mad man.
There are two main difficulty levels: Souther Cross and Nanto Musei Ken (Six Stars of Nanto). In Souther Cross, you fight agaisnt Zeed, Heart and Shin. In Nanto Musei Ken, you fight agaisnt Kiba Daioh, Ray, Shuu and Souther. After beating both of them, there's a third difficulty level called Hokuto Shin Ken, where it's you agaisnt Jagi, Toki and Raoh (also known as Ken-Oh).
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Cabinet Information
The cabinet uses six punching pads made specifically for the game.
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